gerbie

I do agree with you that I am stereotyping there, (see also comment on Dreamdancer's comment), but unfortunately you seem to have taken the worst things of the English, not the good things. England is a wonderfull country, a bit conservative too my liking, but great people, great sense of tradition, funny politics (and not as bad as they seem), beautiful towns and cities and the best sense of humour in the world (and I know you agree on that). So how come the States have developed in the way they have, in contrast to the UK, that by the way is coming to depend more and more on the US, and Australia, a country who in the 19th century was started by british criminals, avoiding the whole political debate on aboriginal rights, as that's a completely different story. How can 100 years make so much difference?